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1	2		By: Bell of Kaufman, Button, Longoria, H.B. No. 3260
2	3		Wilson, VanDeaver, et al.
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7	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	7		AN ACT
9	8		relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs
10	9		Grant Program.
11	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	11		SECTION 1. Section 302.252(1), Labor Code, is amended to
13	12		read as follows:
14	13		(1) "Industry-recognized apprenticeship program"
15	14		means a training program that:
16	15		(A) provides on-the-job training, preparatory
17	16		instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in
18	17		an occupation that has been recognized as an apprenticeable
19	18		occupation by the commission as provided by commission rule [Office
20	19		of Apprenticeship of the United States Department of Labor]; or
21	20		(B) is certified by the commission as an
22	21		industry-recognized apprenticeship program as provided by
23	22		commission rule [by a third-party certifier that has received from
24	23		the United States Department of Labor a favorable determination of
25	24		qualification to award that certification].
26	25		SECTION 2. Section 302.256, Labor Code, is amended by
27	26		adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
28	27		(e) The commission by rule may distribute payments
29	28		constituting a partial reimbursement to an eligible person as
30	29		milestones for on-the-job training and employment are met by
31	30		program participants, in accordance with the grant terms.
32	31		SECTION 3. Section 302.257, Labor Code, is amended by
33	32		amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
34	33		follows:
35	34		(a) The commission shall adopt rules to administer and
36	35		enforce this subchapter, including rules establishing:
37	36		(1) which occupations are recognized by the commission
38	37		as an apprenticeable occupation for purposes of this subchapter and
39	38		the criteria for that determination, which must include that the
40	39		occupation:
41	40		(A) be customarily learned in a practical way
42	41		through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised
43	42		training;
44	43		(B) be clearly identified and commonly
45	44		recognized throughout an industry;
46	45		(C) involve manual, mechanical, or technical
47	46		skills or knowledge which requires significant on-the-job work
48	47		experience; and
49	48		(D) require related instruction to supplement
50		-	the on-the-job training;
	49	+	the on-the-job training; and
51	50		(2) a process for and the criteria by which the
52	51		commission may certify a training program as an industry-recognized
53		-	apprenticeship program for purposes of this subchapter;
54		-	(3) performance metrics, including completion rates
55		-	and retention outcomes, for industry-recognized apprenticeship
56		-	program participants trained or employed by a grant recipient using
57		-	grant money awarded under this subchapter;
58		-	(4) timelines for performance metric data reporting by
59		-	grant recipients under this subchapter; and
60		-	(5) a schedule by which the commission annually shall
61		-	make aggregated performance metric data reported by grant
62		-	recipients under this subchapter publicly available on the
63		-	commission's Internet website.
	52	+	apprenticeship program for purposes of this subchapter.
64	53		(a-1) The criteria adopted by the commission under
65	54		Subsection (a)(2) must be generally consistent with the standards
66	55		of apprenticeship prescribed by 29 C.F.R. Section 29.
67	56		SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
68	57		of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules
69	58		required by Section 302.257, Labor Code, as amended by this Act.
70	59		SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only
71	60		to a grant awarded under Subchapter I, Chapter 302, Labor Code, on
72	61		or after the effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before
73	62		that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the grant was
74	63		awarded, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
75	64		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.